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it wasn't expected to go really great, but the next meeting with susan collins, the senator who stood by her side in her nomination for u.n. ambassador, also did not go well. and susanlly a vote that i think the white house is counting onto get confirmation. they need five republicans to side with democrats to get that nomination through, let alone any republican that could put a hold on the nomination if it's announced. so i think the white house is making a calculation now and really counting numbers before this decision is made. martha: i mean, as you point out the susan collins meeting has to raise questions for them at the white house. the president, at least in every public way possible has shown a lot of support for her, and it real any some ways comes down to the question of whether or not he feels very emboldened by the election and believes that this benghazi thing is something that is going to go away. they have to make that calculation, because she will be grilled on these questions if she actually goes before this senate committee, no? >> reporter: they do have to think a
it wasn't expected to go really great, but the next meeting with susan collins, the senator who stood by her side in her nomination for u.n. ambassador, also did not go well. and susanlly a vote that i think the white house is counting onto get confirmation. they need five republicans to side with democrats to get that nomination through, let alone any republican that could put a hold on the nomination if it's announced. so i think the white house is making a calculation now and really counting...
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ambassador rice will meet with susan collins from maine and bob corker from tennessee . ahead of his meeting that what worries him most about ambassador rice she may be more concerned about delivering the party line than pressuring the administration when it might be off base. three other republican senators met with the embattled ambassador and that meeting did little to quiet their harsh criticism of her job performance. >> i am more concerned than i was before that the 15th of september explan of how four americans died in benghazi, libya. >> why she wouldn't have asked i am the person who doesn't know about this and going on every show. it is not only the talking points unclassified but part of her responsibility as the ambassador . united nations she reviewed more than that. >> in a written statement she knows that the intelligence that she based her sunday swars on is wrong and there no spontanous demonstration and saying while we wish we had had perfect information just days after the terrorist attack as is often the case inteleassessment evolve would and neither
ambassador rice will meet with susan collins from maine and bob corker from tennessee . ahead of his meeting that what worries him most about ambassador rice she may be more concerned about delivering the party line than pressuring the administration when it might be off base. three other republican senators met with the embattled ambassador and that meeting did little to quiet their harsh criticism of her job performance. >> i am more concerned than i was before that the 15th of...
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collins, one of the senators who commissioned the report, says the administration's identification of the 2009 shut itting at fort hood, texas as workplace violence, is one reason that law enforcement agents nationwide are not properly learning who they should be on the lookout for. >> to counter the threat, to better understand its roots, and, how it may develop among certain people in our own country, we have to be willing to name the threat, to understand it, in order to counter it. >> reporter: the gao report says plainly that misinformation about the threat and dynamics of radicalization to violence can harm security by sending local stake holders in the wrong direction as unsnarm creating tension with potential community partners but there is a bright shot in the gao report. the homeland security department is noted as effectively identifying and communicating to their partners, the elements training on encountering violent extremism should cover. harris. >> harris: a month after super storm sandy, a new york city neighborhood suffered through fire and flooding. thieves struck a
collins, one of the senators who commissioned the report, says the administration's identification of the 2009 shut itting at fort hood, texas as workplace violence, is one reason that law enforcement agents nationwide are not properly learning who they should be on the lookout for. >> to counter the threat, to better understand its roots, and, how it may develop among certain people in our own country, we have to be willing to name the threat, to understand it, in order to counter it....
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senator susan collins says these bombings are a carbon copy of what we saw in benghazi in that u.s. ambassadors in east africa at that time requested more security prior to the attacks and they were not fulfilled. >> very troubled by the fact that we seem not to have learned from the 1998 bombings of two of our embassies in africa. at the time when ambassador rice was the assistant secretary for african affairs. >> reporter: right now there is that closed door hearing that's going on before the senate homeland security committee. they have five witnesses, and we're hoping to hear from them at the stakeout position after that hearing is over. this is one of a half dozen investigations that are running on capitol hill right now aside from this separate push for a select committee that would bring a lot of these investigative threads together. also we heard this morning from senator joe leishman. lieberman. >> i know there's been a lot of focus onboard rice's sunday morning tv appearances. i'm sure there'll be some questions about that. but i hope we can focus on what i think are the m
senator susan collins says these bombings are a carbon copy of what we saw in benghazi in that u.s. ambassadors in east africa at that time requested more security prior to the attacks and they were not fulfilled. >> very troubled by the fact that we seem not to have learned from the 1998 bombings of two of our embassies in africa. at the time when ambassador rice was the assistant secretary for african affairs. >> reporter: right now there is that closed door hearing that's going...
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she is senator susan collins of maine. the top republic on the homeland security committee. she met with ambassador rice today on capitol hill. i would need to have additional information before i could support her nomination. she has not been posted yet. our homeland security committee investigation is ongoing. there are many different players in this. and there is much yet to be learned. >> shepard: well, the attack on that outpost killed the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and three other americans. happened on 9/11 of this year. five days later ambassador rice went on the sunday talk shows and said u.s. officials believed violence was spontaneous reaction to the protest over anti-muslim video not a preplanned terror attack. ambassador rice now says and the evidence suggests she was using talking points from u.s. intelligence agencies. intelligence officials confirm they did, in fact, give her those talking points. she had nothing to do with them. and they are the ones who removed any mention of al qaeda, not the white house. the president defended ambassador rice
she is senator susan collins of maine. the top republic on the homeland security committee. she met with ambassador rice today on capitol hill. i would need to have additional information before i could support her nomination. she has not been posted yet. our homeland security committee investigation is ongoing. there are many different players in this. and there is much yet to be learned. >> shepard: well, the attack on that outpost killed the u.s. ambassador to libya chris stevens and...